{Pastry Heaven} a WSC Sketch

Hi guys!! I don't know about you but I had an awesome day!! I got a ton of things done, I even did some sketching for my Figure Drawing class and now I'm firing up my oven for a fabulous chocolate croissant before the MFT Release Blog Party starts. :) Life is good!

Since it's the first week of the month Cindy is presenting us with a sketch challenge for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club.

Me...getting ready to have a croissant, came up with the idea of creating a kind of vintage-y feel bakery-signage-look alike card...and this is what that looks like to me. lol

I'm absolutely in love with this paper I just bought today actually. It's by Samantha Walker for Creative Imaginations. I layered that with a bunch of neutral and brown CS to create this sort of vintage-y feel.

The sentiment "Baked with Love" is from the MFT set Lovin' from the Oven - this set is quickly becoming one of my favorites - you can do so much with it!! The "for you" is the second half of the Essential Sentiment set stamp "I'm here for you". The circle is from the Waltzing Mouse set Small Circles and the small little accents in the middle of the circle are from the Clear Dollar Stamps set Words of Sympathy.

Since I didn't have the right width ribbon to go with my card I simply used two thinner twill tape strips: one with a bow and one without. Handy little trick, don't ya think?

So my croissant is goin' in the oven and I'm gonna do a quick clean-up before the MFT Release Party. Why don't you swing by? We have tons of fun over there!! :)

~ Sony

Stamps: Lovin' from the Oven (MFT), Essential Sentiments (MFT), Words of Sympathy (Clear Dollar Stamps), Small Circles (Waltzing Mouse)

Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip (SU), Sahara Sand (SU), Samantha Walker (Creative Imaginations)

Ink: Soft Suede (SU), Antique Linen (Distress Ink)

Accessories: Sponges, Post It Notes (for Masking), Nesties, Twill Tape, Brads, Sewing Machine, Pop-up Dots

EDITED APRIL 7th, 2010 - just for you Jocelyn :)

I used Coats & Clark Dual Duty HEAVY thread. A little tip I got from Jody. ;)

{Fun with Flowers} a Verve Project Parade

It's officially Spring, isn't it? Well okay maybe not quite where you live yet but it's a comin'...I know it is. :) Just hang in there a bit longer!! :)

In celebration of Spring the Verve Divas have come up with a fun theme for this month's Verve Parade:

Fun With Flowers

Now this is such a broad theme that I had a really hard time deciding on what I wanted to do...seriously...I've been wrecking my head for a few days now until today.

I was talking to one of our young people in church today and I noticed that something was off. She wasn't her usual happy self so I asked her if anything was wrong. She started crying, saying that she didn't get into the college she wanted to get into. I gave her a big ole' hug and tried to tell her that that was a sign that God had something better in store for her somewhere else but of course something like this just sucks!

So this little project here is for her! I'm hoping it'll cheer her up a little!

My Project consists of an altered Notebook, a Paperclip turned Bookmark, and a Card.

I love how Joanne stamped silhouetted flowers behind a sentiment on one of her cards so I drew a little inspiration from her here for my notebook.

The layout for the card may look familiar to you and you're right if it does: I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch because I really enjoyed it and I wanted the book and card to look related but not have the same exact layout.

I used papers from the Quite Contrary collection by My Mind's Eye and the Bitty Box Basics by Papertrey Ink - they remind me so much of school. :)

The sentiment on front of the notebook is from Verve's Beautiful You set - such a beautiful set!! I love love love their sayings! So inspirational!

The silhouetted flowers are from Verve's Because of You set. The little flourish you see on the notebook and the card is from the Clear Dollar Stamps set Words of Sympathy.

The flower with the button on the altered notebook is the same flower as the bookmark and the one on the card and it's from the Verve set Wishful Elegance.

The sentiment on the card is from My Favorite Things.

Well I hope you enjoyed stopping by and please leave me a comment! I'd love to hear from you!

~ Sony

Stamps: Wishful Elegance (Verve), Because of You (Verve), Beautiful You (Verve), Words of Sympathy (Clear Dollar Stamps), Label No. 4 (Waltzing Mouse), Essential Sentiments (MFT)

Paper: Quite Contrary (MME), Bitty Box Basics (PTI), Kraft

Ink: Lettuce (Adirondack), Soft Suede (SU)

Accessories: Buttons (MFT), Jute Twine, Paperclip, Twill Tape, Nesties, Sewing Machine

Comforting Mojo 130

Happy Tuesday, everybody! I am so excited about this week's Mojo sketch because I think it is a fabulously sophisticated sketch and that was just what I needed.

One of my friends' is having an anniversary celebration in honor of her mom this Saturday in New York. Her mom would have turned 60 that day but she unfortunately passed away 10 years ago. Because work has been very hard to come by recently I won't be able to go and be there so I wanted to make a very special card for.

I wanted something that was elegant, sophisticated and uplifting at the same time so I definitely did not want to use black.

I just got this beautiful glitter paper pack from My Mind's Eye that I thought would be perfect. I think the collection is called Ooh La La. I just love the colors and patterns and

since I'm usually more of a bright color-whimsy-kinda stamper this is about the only patterned paper I have that I would call a little bit more grown up and elegant. :)

The sentiments are from the set Words of Sympathy by Clear Dollar Stamps. I got this set just for this saying: Loved ones are never

forgotten as long their memory remains in your heart.

Isn't it beautiful? I stamped this saying on the inside of my card, above a panel that matches the front of the card.

I thought why not add a little bling to it all so I added a few rhinestones above the circle and on the flourishes above my sentiment in the front of the card. I feel like it adds just the right amount of light to the card. :)

A few stitches, some polka-dot embossing and my Fleur de Lis Border punch complete this card.

Thank you for stopping by!!

Stamps: Words of Sympathy (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Paper: Ooh La La Glitter Pack (My Mind's Eye), Ocean Tides (PTI), generic dark green

Ink: Slate (Adirondack), Soft Suede (SU), Versamark

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Nesties, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Fleur de Lis Border Punch, Square Punch, Copic Marker